Drawing, reading, writing, cooking, singing, dancing, bellydancing, traveling, meditating, interior decorating, clothes designing, knitting, beading/jewelry making, counted-cross stitch, Africa, Asia, Ireland, Russia, tribal cultures, mythology, masks, soft blankets, indie comics, anime, manga, Japanese food, Middle Eastern food, plants, horses, wolves, foxes, ravens, big cats, dogs, forests, mountains, the Medieval Period, the Art Nuveau Period, the Pre-Raphaelites, Celtic stuff, stained glass windows, old churches, storms, fresh snow, autumn, bells, wind chimes, candles, incense, magic tricks, puzzles, opera, the Phantom of the Opera, journals, museums, the moon, Gnosticism, useless but interesting facts, wandering in the cold of night, any physical activity that requires self-awareness such as yoga, pilates, martial arts, etc., history, Renaissance festivals, Jhonen Vasquez, piano, photography, sharpshooting, angels, ghosts, the paranormal, vampires, werewolves, goth culture, gargoyles, corsets, graveyards, divination, weirding people out, listening in on people's conversations, people-watching, poi, hula-hooping, stranger-than-fiction stories, oddities, sideshows, the performing arts, Fire Fabulon
AS A FRIEND: Someone whom I feel will accept me with open arms and say, "Honey, come here." Someone whom I can easily converse with because they say all the right things, and I trust them with my inner thoughts and feelings. Someone whom I can consider family.
AS A LOVER: Someone who can introduce me to new skills and hobbies. Someone who is open so that I can introduce HIM to new skills and hobbies. Someone who emanates an aura of "I'm interesting. You know you want to get to know me." Someone who is mature but has never forgotten his inner child. Someone who can understand that I'm very independent and need a lot of alone time. Someone who is not afraid to give me some gruff as well as compliments (especially when the gruff comes in the form of sarcasm). Most importantly, someone who is very intelligent, but not necessarily in a book-smart way. He should be able to synthesize his vast array of knowledge into something creative so that he can open my eyes to a new perspective on life.
A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Smasking Pumpkins, Tori Amos, Tool, Rammstein, Wumpscut, System of a Down, Radiohead, Interpol, Mogwai, She Wants Revenge, Muse, The Faint, AFI, David Bowie, Zeromancer, Orgy, Garbage, Rob Zombie, Auf der Maur, Ours, Pete Yorn, Bjork, Dido, Voltaire, Ian Van Dahl, BT, Moby, Paul Okenfold, VNV Nation, Apoptygma Bezerk, Assemblage 23, My Chemical Romance, H.I.M., Enya, Loreena McKennitt, Lesiem, Vas, Delerium, Enigma, Mythos, Linkin Park, Skinny Puppy, Hanzel und Gretyl, Mindless Self Indulgence, Lacuna Coil, Korn, Secret Garden, Azam Ali, Static X, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Depeche Mode
The Phantom of the Opera, The Matrix, Quills, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Amadeus, The 13th Warrior, Garden State, Snatch, Secondhand Lions, As Good As It Gets, Johnny Depp films, Tim Burton films, Kevin Smith films, Disney films, Princess Mononoke, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Howl's Moving Castle, Life With Father, Anastasia, The Sixth Sense, Idle Hands, Black Beauty, Monthy Python and the Holy Grail, Little Nicky, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, The Last Unicorn, Bend It Like Beckam, The Last Dragon, The Goonies, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Real Genius, Dear God, Mystery Men, Fiddler on the Roof, 1776, Hellboy, Tuscany Under the Sun, Chocolat, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, To Wong Foo, Fight Club, the Harry Potter films, Napoleon Dynamite, The Fifth Element, Bebe's Kids, Anchorman, Dodgeball, Zoolander, Sin City, Series of Unfortunate Events, Batman Begins
Invader Zim, Viva La Bam, X-Play, Penn & Teller's Bullshit, Trading Spaces, Weird US, Ripley's Believe It or Not, Futurama, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sealab 2021, The Simpsons, Mythbusters, various programs on the History Channel, Discovery Channel, Home & Garden Network, TLC, the Health Channel, and VH1
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Long Hard Road Out of Hell by Marilyn Manson, Travellers in Magic by Lisa Goldstein, Siddhartha by Herman Hesse, as well as Steppenwolf, The Silver Wolf by Alice Borchardt, The Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Darconville's Cat by Alexander Theroux, The Hiram Key by Christopher Knight, What is Goth? by Voltaire, Piece by Piece by Tori Amos, Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi, Beowulf, The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Johnny the Homacidal Maniac by Johnen Vasquez, The Marquis by Guy Davis, Poison Elves by Drew Hayes, Nightmares and Fairytales by Serena Valentino, as well as Gloomcookie
Cyfar, rock stars (Marilyn Manson, James Maynard Keenan, Tori Amos, etc.)